Deodorizer-container.



L. "R. HIGH.

DEODORIZER CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED 23.19, 1993.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFTQEQ.

LYYI R. RIOH, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE SANITATION AND SUPPLY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DEODORIZER-GONTAINER.

Application filed. February 19, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 416,725.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYNN R. RIor-r, of SaratogaSprings, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deodorizer- Containers, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to a deodorizer c ontainer and has for its purpose the provision of such a container which shall be capable of effective service with liquids of various densities giving uniformly a continuous even flow.

My container is simple and strong and may be readily filled without danger of spilling the liquid.

It has other advantages and features of construction to be mentioned hereinafter.

The principle on which my invention operates is that of the well-known bird fountain in which there is a reservoir closed to the atmosphere and a chamber in communication with the reservoir and open to the atmosphere, this arrangement permitting a difference in the level of the liquid in the reservoir and the chamber. I have so utilized this principle in carrying out my purpose as to obtain the desired results.

In its preferred embodiment my invention therefore consists in the matters illustrated and described herein and set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view broken away to show the Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the reservoir and auxiliary chamber. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tion on the line 33, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 1 1, Fig. 2 looking up.

I have shown my container as a cylinder having a main chamber or reservoir 1 which contains the body of the liquid and is closed at the top which has, however, a filling opening 2 provided with a suitable closure 3 shown as a screw cap. In communication with this reservoir and, in the construction illustrated, within it is an auxiliary or drip chamber 41. This chamber is shown as a cylinder. It has a flat top 5 which is closed except for the pipe 6 leading up within the reservoir 1 through the closed top thereof to the atmosphere. The auxiliary chamber is relatively shallow with respect to its area in 7 plan and is in communication with the main reservoir by a tapering opening 7 ending at the top in a point 8 at the level the liquid in the auxiliary chamber is designed to occupy. A very effective form for this opening is that of a triangle having its axis vertical. In the drawings I have shown it as an isosceles triangle. The best results are secured when the liquid in the auxiliary chamber stands at a level near the top of said chamber. To this end the highest part of the opening is located at a relatively great height with respect to the depth of the auxiliary chamber. In the drawings I have shown the opening extending up from the bottom of the auxiliary chamber and relatively great in height with respect to the depth of the auxiliary chamber. I have found that very efficient operation is secured when the height of the opening is about three-fourths the depth of the auxiliary chamber.

The reason for making the top of the auxiliary chamber 1 flat is to minimize agitation of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber, as for instance when the device is in use on railroad trains. This object is also furthered by making this chamber relatively shallow with respect to its area and by placing the highest part of the opening at a height relatively great with. respect to the depth of the chamber. The form of the opening is important in securing a very gradual continuous flow for liquids of various densities.

It will be apparent that since the reser voir 1 is closed to the atmosphere and the auxiliary chamber 1 is open thereto my container will operate on the bird fountain principle. The auxiliary chamber is provided with a drip tube 9, which may be of hard rubber, and which fits frictionally the sleeve 10 and is adjustable vertically therein, the adjustment of this tube toward and from the surface of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber determining the rapidity of the drip. This tube is ordinarily adjusted near to the normal level of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber. My container, whether or not it be cylindrical, may also be conveniently provided with a drip cup 11 provided with an eccentrically placed drip pipe 12. The disinfectant may be permitted to drip directly from this pipe or may be conveyed by a tube to the desired location. This drip cup is detachable and reversible so that the points where the drip occurs may be varied by reversing the position of the drip cup 11 with its drip pipe 12.

While 1 bottom, and a drip tube provided with an any suitable connection which would effect inlet below the level of the liquid in the this purpose might be used, I prefer a pair of bayonet joints which I have shown arranged as follows:

The reservoir 1 has a depending flange 13 provided with outwardly projecting pins 14 which coact with L-shaped slots or grooves 15 carried by the drip cup and oppositely placed. It will readily be understood that the position of the cup and the drip pipe might be reversed by turning the cup half way around. This arrangement is convenient since it is desirable in some cases to locate the drip nearer to the wall than in others.

My container is provided with any suitable cover. As shown it is hinged and provided with a spring catch. The cover, the drip cup and the flange are perforated. 16, 16 are Wall attachments. I may, however, provide an outer casing having an open bottom and the usual latticed or perforated sides and top.

It will be apparent that in filling my apparatus the disinfectant can be spilled only by gross carelessness or stupidity. It is further to be noted that the device is neat and compact as well as effective and that very gradual, steady flow is secured under widely varying conditions.

The flow through the drip tube in the construction illustrated may be varied by altering the position of the said tube with respect to the level of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber. If the upper end of the tube 9 is sufficiently below the said level the liquid, of course, flows freely through it. This, however, is not the operation desired and the tube is, therefore, adjusted with-its upper end so close to the level of the liquid that a drip of the desired slowness is secured.

Without, of course, limiting myself to the dimensions or precise relative proportions indicated I may add that in a container six inches in height and three inches in diameter I have in actual use found an auxiliary chamber having a dian'ieter of three-fourths of an inch, a height of five-eighths of an inch, and an opening having a height of one-half an inch very'effective.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary chamber open to the atmosphere and in communication with the reservoir near its bottom, said auxiliary chamber being provided with a drip tube having its upper end just below the level of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber and furnishing a normally unobstructed passage.

2. A deodorizercontainer comprising a reservoir closed at the top, an auxiliary chamber open to the atmosphere and in communication with the reservoir near its auxiliary chamber,

extending downward from said inlet, frictionally mounted in said auxiliary chamber and vertically adjustable therein.

3. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary chamber open to the atmosphere and in communication with the reservoir near its bottom by means comprising an inverted. substantially V-shaped opening controlling the level of the liquid in the auxiliary. chamber.

4:. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary chamber within saidreservoir and open to the atmosphere, said reservoir and chamber being in communication with each other by means comprising an opening ending in a point at the top controlling the level of the liquid in the auxiliary chamber.

5. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary chamber within said reservoir, open to the atmosphere and provided with a drip opening, said chambers being in communication by means comprising a triangular opening having its apex at the top.

6. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, an auxiliary chamber within the reservoir and normally submerged but in communication with the atmosphere, the said reservoir and chamber being in communication by means comprising an opening having its highest part at a relatively great height with respect to the depth of the auxiliary chamber and controlling the level of the liquid therein.

7. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and provided with a normally closed filling opening there in, an auxiliary chamber within the reservoir and in communication therewith and having a flat top, and a tube connecting the interior of the auxiliary chamber with the atmosphere and extending from the top of the auxiliary chamber to that of the reservoir, said chamber being provided with a drip opening.

8. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary reservoir having a fiat top closed except for an opening to the atmosphere, said auxiliary chamber being provided with an opening into the reservoir having its highest part at a relatively great height with respect to the depth of the auxiliary chamber and control ling the level of the liquid therein. 7

9. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, and an auxiliary chamber relatively shallow with respect to its area and having its top closed except for a communication with the atmosphere, the said reservoir and chamber being in communication by means comprising an opening having its highest part at a relatively great height with respect to the depth of the auX- l tween said cup and reservoir at points diiliary chamber and controlling the level of the liquid therein.

10. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, an auxiliary, chamber within the reservoir relatively shallow with respect to its area, the said reservoir and chamber being in communication, and a drip tube frictionally mounted within said auxiliary chamber.

11. In combination with a deodorizer container, a drip cup attached thereto provided with an eccentrically located drip opening, and means on said cup adapted to cooperate to render the cup detachable and reversible.

12. In a deodorizer container a reservoir provided with an eccentrically located drip opening, a drip cup, and bayonet joints berectly opposite each other and reversed whereby the cup is mounted detachably and reversibly on said reservoir.

13. A deodorizer container comprising a reservoir closed at the top, an auxiliary chamber open to the atmosphere, said reservoir and chamber being in communication with each other by means comprising an inverted substantially V-shaped opening, and a drip tube having its inlet just below the level of the top of said opening.

Signed by me at New York city, State of New York, this 18th day of Feb. 1908. with corresponding means on the container LYNN R. RICH.

lVitnesses:

ST. JOHN MIETTGLE, Rosa MCCARTHY. 

